Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Security Barriers Upheld

By Sabrina Tavernise (NYT); Compiled by George James

Published: November 5, 2004

A State Supreme Court justice, Walter B. Tolub, dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Wall Street parking garage against the New York Stock Exchange that claimed security blockades set up by the exchange after Sept. 11, 2001, were illegal and had eroded its business. The judge first heard the case earlier this year and ruled favorably for the garage, Wall Street Garage Parking Corp. But a higher court overturned that ruling. Yesterday, Justice Tolub dismissed the case, ruling that the garage had not ''suffered an injury exceeding that suffered by the community at large'' and had not proved that the blocked areas were a public nuisance. Sabrina Tavernise (NYT)